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Tim Sang, 2017
Pamela See
Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Little joys, 2008
by Chris Mangan
Image
Florrie Forde
Biography
Florrie Forde (1875–1940), singer and music hall performer, was born in Melbourne and was sixteen when she sang publicly for the first time, in Sydney, in late 1891.
9 portraits in the collection
The Singer, 2012
by Richard Payne
Image
Dame Nellie Melba GBE
Biography
Dame Nellie Melba GBE (1861–1931), world-renowned soprano, was born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne.
8 portraits in the collection
James Donovan
Biography
James T Donovan (1861–1922), journalist, Catholic historian and amateur singer, was born into an Irish Catholic family in Sydney and grew up in Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst.
1 portrait in the collection
Athol Guy
Biography
The Seekers, folk music band, formed in 1962 when jazz singer Judith Durham met Athol Guy, who sang and played bass in a folk trio with Bruce Woodley and Keith Potger.
3 portraits in the collection
Bruce Woodley
Biography
The Seekers, folk music band, formed in 1962 when jazz singer Judith Durham met Athol Guy, who sang and played bass in a folk trio with Bruce Woodley and Keith Potger.
3 portraits in the collection
Keith Potger
Biography
The Seekers, folk music band, formed in 1962 when jazz singer Judith Durham met Athol Guy, who sang and played bass in a folk trio with Bruce Woodley and Keith Potger.
3 portraits in the collection
Dame Nellie Melba,
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Margaret Fulton OAM
Biography
Margaret Fulton (1925-2019), a major figure in developing Australia's appreciation of food, was instrumental in teaching generations of people to cook.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant McLennan
Biography
Grant McLennan and Robert Forster both sang and wrote songs for The Go-Betweens, and McLennan wrote one of their greatest, 'Cattle and Cane', recalling the rural Queensland environment of his youth.
1 portrait in the collection
Marcia Hines
Biography
Marcia Hines (b. 1953) sang in church choirs while growing up in Boston, Massachusetts and had her first solo singing engagement at the age of seven.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant (No. 3 of Robert, Lindy, Grant)
Jenny Watson
Image
Nellie Melba, 1898
Ernest Walter Histed
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Biography
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1970–2017), a man of the Gumatj clan of north east Arnhem Land, was born blind but learned to play guitar, keyboard, drums and didgeridoo as a child.
1 portrait in the collection